Welcome & Introduction

Capitalization and Taxes

Fundamentals of the Tax System in the USA

Taxation of U.S. Companies and their Shareholders in Germany

Company Formations and Tax Effects USA / Germany

Pitfall: U.S. Business Establishment

Posting Employees Abroad

Sales & Use Tax

Legal Requirements

Legal Do’s and Don’ts

Sales – Unrecognized Opportunities

Liability & Drafting of Contracts

Assemblies – Hurdles for Mechanical Engineers

Lunchbreak

Insurance

General Overview U.S. Insurance Market

Comparison with the German Insurance Market

U.S. Specific Insurance Requirements

International Insurance Programs

Analyses of Major Insurance Lines in the U.S.

Employee Benefits in the U.S.

Marketing & Sales

Market development: Typical difficulties and risks

Preparing for market entry: market intelligence comes before market entry

Guide to market entry: Checklist

USA – The world champions in marketing

Ways to successful marketing communication

Successful sales concepts for the US

Our guest speaker:  Tilman Bender – T. H. Bender & Partners, Inc.

Recruiting

Current trends on the US labor market and challenges for German Companies

Developments in American compensation models: key figures and post-COVID trends

Basic structures of employment relationships

Voluntary fringe benefits – a change to identify good employees, hiring and retaining

Terminating employment relationships: steps to minimize risk

The use of (German-speaking) interims to successfully manage transition phases successfully

Questions